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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-25
MIR. ri1den as n Scholar.

Mr.. Tilden was regarded only as poll
tician by most of his cOuntrymen. This
was far from correct. He was very YER
satile man. highly cultivated in rare direc-
tions. Let me refer to his fOndness fol
engravings as proof. An agent IN Berlin,
another in Paris, another in London,
another in Philadelphia and another in
New York city had directions to send to
Tilden every engraving which they
thought he would like. If he did like 1T
he would keep it and pay for it. If he did
not like it, he would return it, paying eX-
press charges both ways. These engrav-
ings We're nearly all portraits of historical
characters in politics or the, arts. He did
not care how many engravings he had OF
the same man. In one portfolio you
would find 25O CrOmwells, in another 100
of Frederick the Great, in another over
200 of Bacon or 80 of Mirabeau, while his
portraits of Jefferson, Franklin, Voltaire,
Tom Paine, Horace Walpole, Marcy, Van
Buren, and Silas Wright were scarcely
less numerous.
l have known Mr. Tilden on the same
evening to talk art with Page or Bier
stadt, medicine with DR.. Frank Hamilton
and the late DR.. Austin Flint, history
with Mr.. Bancroft and DR.. Draper, poetry
with Mr.. Bryant mechanics with Peter
Cooper and politics with any statesman
who was present. In all these converse
tions he would hold his own on even
terms with the highest expert in the sub
ject discussed. His knowledge of the
drama was extensive. His fondness fol
sculpture was based upon a profound
knowledge of the technique of the art, as
we'll as of the history of its celebrities
His familiarity with medicine was based
upon a careful reading of books on surgery
and upon a practical knowledge of botany
and mineralogy. Brooklyn Eagle.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-25
The Worlds Fair in Australia.

Australia is again in the field with a
worlds fair, which she has appointed for
next June at Adelaide. 1t might have
been supposed that with her double dose
of international xhibitions less than seven
years ago, when she held one at Sidney in
1879 and another at Melbourne in 1880, she
would have had for the present surfeit
of them. But these shows have come to
be almost exclusively trade affairs, and
Australia finds that business purposes
will be served by holding fair in 1887.
Doubtless American manufacturers will
be well represented, as before, in the an
tipOdal paZar-NeY York Sun
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-25
Recoile ssions Of the Actress Rachel.

Recoile gfions Of the Actress Rachel.
do you think her scting was appre-
ciated?"
at was by few, but the majority Of
the audience went out of curiosity and
praised her because others did OF course
they couldn't help admiring her grace
and digni.y of bearing But they lost the
delicate effects and the meaning of much
of her acting from being ignorant OF
French or at least unable to follow her
Their admiration of her dresses and her
diamonds when she appeared In Adr1enne
or in Bajazet was hearty and sincere.
But the scenes in which she produced
the greatest effect in Europe, those in
which her play of features, her signif-
cant gestures and her wonderfully eff
fective delivery of her lines where the
feeling was suppressed, showed the real
artist-alI these were hardly noticed
Only the stormy scenes, like that of the
imprecation in Les HOraces, brought
down the house. OF course, no one with
the slightest intelligence or taste could
see her on the stage without being I'M
pressed by her appearance and action.
All her attitudes and gestures were the
perfection of grace and dignity, and so
simple and natural as just to suit the
character.
Il preferred her in the roles of the
modern drama, for don't admire the
classical French tragedy; but to have seen
her as Camille In Les Horaces, or as
Phedre, or as Pauline in Polyeucte, is
something to remember. There was moth
ing about her, either on or off the stage,
that suggested the average French actress;
nothing piquant or pretty or coquettish.
She had slight figure and her dresses,
especially in her classic roles seemed TO
be part of her, and not worn for effect
When in repose she looked like Greek
statue You would not call her handsome;
hut there was a singular fascination about
her. Her face usually had sad express
sion, and her eyes were like stars, some
times like flames. / have never seen such
eyes in any person except the elder Kean
Her voice had a strange quality in it. 1t
was flexible, penetrating, and at times
wonderfully thrilling in its tones: Her
greatest effects were produced with GER
tain tranquility There was never the
slightest straining for a point. She was a
born actress, and the greatest of her time
or of ours New York Mail and Express
Interview.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-25
Heueeforth Sacred to the Sight.

In Mrs KS handsome parlors were
many works of cunning and art. But
neglected and alone in dark corner stood
Il modest vase. 1t was not a cOmely vase
at its best and it showed abuse and
neglect, and it seemed to feel its insight
icance, and when anybody came near, it
sort of contracted itself and threw out
dist as the pOrcupine hurts his quilts.
Bat one day a cOnnOisseur stepped into a
lark corner. "What have you -here?"
quoth ne. 90, don't look at that sickly
thing" said the sagacious Mrs. X.
-Siclly thing? replied the connOisseur,
Nhy, madam, you have a splendid piece
81 Dresden in this vase" And the lady
gave Il cry of joyous surprise. and she
bounced upon that model vase, and
rubbed it tenderly with a 81 handkerchief
and bore it out of the gloom and placed it
c0uspiciously on the piano, henceforth to
be sacred to the sight and to the flowers
that bloom in the spring tra-la.-Kansas
CITY Times.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-25
Firing High Power Explosives.

In the experiments made by the artillery
corps at Sandy Hook and elsewhere shells
loaded with dynamite have been fired
from ordinary guns with ordinary cannon
powder. In loading an air gun space is
left between the powder and the project
lie. When the powder explodes the ait
serves as cushion to give the projectile
an easy start. 1t was formerly believed
that an air space between the powder and
the projectile would burst the gun, but
later experiments show that such space
is an advantage. A great many artillery
officers believe that projectiles filled with
high-power explosives will eventually be
fired as safely as ordinary gunpowder
shells, and that such projectiles will al
most entirely supersede the ordinary
kinds.-New York Sun
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-25
Some Girls Who Can Shoot.

For a number of years on the continent
of Europe and in England and Scotland it
has not been an uncommon thing to see
ladies take the shooting field. In the
Black Forest in Germany ladies assist at
the battues. Lady Abinger, who was q
Miss Magruder, niece of Gen. Magruder
of Confederate army fame, always took
part in the opening Of the grouse season,
on her moor at Banivje, Scotland She
was an admirable shot and an untirinR
walker. In this country until recently
only limited number of ladies, and these
southerners, ever took up a Sreech-loader.
and this was usually preliminary to a
breach of promise snit.-Baltimore Amer
lean
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-25
A Te1as Journals Quarters.

Press room, compositors' cases, sleeping
apartments for four, dressing room, sane
tum and business office all combined, and
all included in four box style walls which
compose a single room twelve by sixteen
feet. This is the mandatory of those
newspaper pellets which we issue weekly
under the label of The Bulletin. The edi-
tOrial chair is an inverted pinewOod box,
ornamented with an artistically engraved
chrome, beneath which is the suggestive
inscription: polly wants a cracker"
while our writing desk is a single short
hoard laid across the west end of an over
grown Saratoga trunk. Is it any wonder
that there is very preceptible vein of i'm
DecfIlity running through our editorial
and local pages7-Ballinger (Tex.) Bulle-
in
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-25
: IF 6AJsE6 BY 4 WATCH.
up Affair In the First Pi&ce-A
3Kaze of Disappointment.


Yer see anything funny in the course
!; business? Certainly I do, said jew
Z to reporter "See lots Of fun some
}es, and, by the way, your question re-
binds me of the fellow who was in here
naIf an hour ago He has watch-there
il hangs now-that is more trouble to him
than all his brains, though l don't mean
~ say that he is a fool. The most foolish
thing that l know of him is that he will
persist in carrying that watch. Well, as
was about to say, that self-sane ticker of
his comes to me not less than once a
month regularly.
"I remember very well the first time he
brought it. 1t was one Tuesday morning,
and as he had known me for some time
before that he stopped to tell Of his
troubles. The watch, he said, hung on
rail in his room on Sunday evening, tick
ing away for dear life. He was very nI-1-l
interested in a book which he was rcd
ing. so much absorbed, in fact, that
though he looked at the watch every two
minutes to see if it was time TO go see his
best girl vet he did not notice that the
hands had stopped moving. At last he
heard the clock striking and, mechanically
counting the strokes, found that 1T was
O'Clock. The watch only said 49, and as
il was a case of O'Clock or not at all, he
tried hard to devote the remainder Of the
evening to his book, which had suddenly
grown uninteresting.
"The next day he shook the timepiece
up. got it to going in tine style, called on
his lady love in the morning, explained
the cause Of his failure to keep his APP
pointment, and sOOthed her sensiblIties
by arranging TO take her to the opera at
night. When evening came he made
sure that the watch-hands were walking
Z no Oh, at IA
and again took up his book, Half-past 8,
:. and half-past lit was time to go now.
He put the ticker in his pocket his coat
on his back, and left the hotel When he
reached - Walnut street he rang the bell,
walked in. and asked for Miss -- with
the greatest assurance.
Gone out. 1t was impossible.
But he was told she did go at $50 with
Mr.. Half-past 8! He was thun-
,:er5truck again, but a glance at the clock
on the parlor mantel assured him that it
was then nearly 9 o'clock, and he left in a
maze of disappointment. The watch
had stopped some time during the day
started again according to its own sweet
viii, and was an hour or so behind time.
"Since that time he has married another
girI and is not yet on speaking terms
with the one that his watch got him left
with Nearly every time he comes he tells
Of how he missed an appointment or a
train or something OF the kind the day be-
fore. have frequently told him that the
watch was cheap affair in the first place,
and it is not worth repairs now, as it can
not be made to keep time by the best jew
eler in the land, but he always says it will
have to do a little longer. Just for the
curiosity of the thing [ looked over my
books the last time he was here to see
how much he had paid me for putting it
in order, and it was just S32. sell very
fair watch for $50 nowadays. Harris
burg Patriot.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-25
a macnfne for Working Kamie.

a machine for working the ramie plant
has just been completed in Pittsburg
which is pronounced success. The green
stems are introduced between rollers at
one end of the machine, and, after passing
between various others which hackle,
stretch, scrape and beat-the whole pro
cess being aided by flowing jet of water
which acts as a cushion, lubricant, and
fiux-the fiber comes out at the other end
i'll beautiful condition and effectually
cleaned at one operation. II is claimed
that the machine will make thousands of
acres of waste lowland in the United
States capable of a $500 annual yield
Chicago News
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-25
When the Voice Fails.

DIR. Morel Mackenzie, in his last book,
"The Hygiene of the Vocal Organs" tells
us that the speaking voice usually begins
to lose power and volume at between 50
and 90 years of age. There is curious
confederation of Dr. Mackenzie in Mr..
John Bright's collected speeches; for in
the course of his great speech delivered
in the rotunda at Dublin on Nov ?, 1886,
when Mr. Bright was IS years old, he
said II am very sorry that my voice is
not what it was; and when l think of the
work that is to be done, sometimes feel
it is pity we grow old so fast"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-25
Saving the Pennies and Nfcke1s.

yes said Bobby's father, as he
stroked his little boys head fondly,
Bobby is keeping bank for his odd PEN
MES and nickels"
And how much have you got saved up,
Bobby" asked the visitor
Twelve cents" he replied, "besides the
S5.25 pa owes it.New York Times.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-25
Opium's Action en- the HraiD.

In study upon the nature of hypnotics
NJ. DuJardin- Beaumetz concludes that
opium and its alkaloids do not produce a
condltlon of sleep. They stupefy the fac
u ulIles and induce torpor, but TIE brain
soilI remains in a condition of tonic excite
LII Chlora1 will bring about true
sleep, but in large doses it has a DANGER
Gus action on the heart, and its ingestion
OFTEN gives rise to gastric disorders.
cago Times
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-25
Annual Report of Savings Banks.

The annual report of the fifty-four
Maine savings banks shows that less than
per cent. of their S57, OO0,O 900 of combine5
resources was put into securities that dc
preciated, q loss which was made good b,
increase in values elsewhere.-Chicac
Times
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-25
ABLY to the Dear Departed.

Now have warm personal friends who
would see that the babies are cared for
were suddenly to depart, but I doubt
very much if have a friend who would
consider it his sacred duty to make it
pleasant for my creditors after L am gone.
am not perfectly honest, but prefer to
leave this world square in my accounts
with my fellow-men when 1 goa. H.
IsIer in Arkausaw Traveller.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-25
A Dredre for Starash

A New London oyster dealer has in
vented dredge with which starfish, the
greatest enemies of the oyster, can be
taken from bed without disturbing the
oysters. -ExchanGa.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-25

An echo catcher" device for catching
sounds on the sea, is being examined b. .
naval board on Chesapeake bay.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-25
..yVbinning I'm Tired Nature. >,

There is q whipping up of tired nature
going on that ought to come under the
notice of some society for the prevention
of cruelty to animals. The lash is being
applied in this way, to take common in
stance, in your very house. Your hus-
band did not sleep any last night, think
ing of his business entanglements. You
prepare him two cups of strong black
coffee, which he pOurs down for break
fast, unable to eat anything with it, No
doubt while the stimulus lasts he carried
through an immense amount Of work in a
savage manner. 1t passes for pure grit
by the onlOokers. Perhaps it may be;
but there is another kind of grit that we
like quite as well-the patient, steady fol-
lowing ones conscience. And your doses
Of. strong tea that enables you to get
through the house cleaning, or the fall
sewing, is another whip-lOng and cruel.
The society should have its hands on you
both misunderstood Housekeeping.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-25
An Accomplished Horsewoman's Daring
- -. = L. H. D. IND on,

\
1 have seen Miss Kate Bayard start out
in the dim light of a winters morning
seen her ride all day with the foremost
hunters, and seen her clearing every Gr-
rier dashing down narrow cuts and up
steepest ascents, over thickets, through
underbrush and plowed fields. A more
intrepid rider never followed the hounds.
She never fiinched, despite nearsighted-
ness, which made her courage and horse
manship more reInarka BILE. L have known
her to return after day of continuous
hard riding only in time to doff her habit
and don ball dress to dance all night,
shining also in the maze of gaze de
Chambery and the hum of the smallest of
alk"1W ashingtOn Letter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-14
GRAIN IND PRODUCE MARKETS.


Reasaons further depressed she wheat market yester
Spot lots declined s9l cents the loss being the
heavier winter lots but the engagements for export
equaed nearly 225v00 bushsa The weakness at Chicago
speculative here and the sely
former place started OF lots
In being condition These denied
WEAKNESS Of holders checked attempt at
Only rallies the decline and last prices
lowest July made loss Of e at 49, and
August 80 while the other months closed on "a
ceni foows september. o4ss October. s5st Novem
Der. s7s: Deeembsr ssh Jsnuary s9s. centa Corn on
Plat the heat and drouth at the West were threatening the
loss OF the Shippers good buyers their
purchas~s nearly equaing 100 600 bushels
The optous moved within the range OF l9R cent down
September 46 but cent for october ~ 47is cents
Data and The options ended
81 - down for September at 81 cents mod
done In lard $50 tisrces being
taken by shippers Further gains were made by the options
four points at So 80 aud hree for Septe
Der. but unchanged for oc,ooer at 81 o.
The receipts -four reported yesterday AZ
EewYcrk Philadelphia Baltimore and Boston fol-
lows: Wheat bushels 3d. 1913 bushels: oats
1e455 bushels. total graa It47 bushels hour SO
we're, Wheat 227695 bushels corn 100 $50 bushels oats
t97o39 bushels, total grain 675SS4 bushels hour 2SeS
barrclA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-14
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE THURSDAY, JULY IA. 1884,
TIE STATE or TRADE

sT sas
ssi * o. g. ssn:r.;;!:
sss: sss -: q 70; Fl: sssSs q
ss %ns:s Win. 81 q s.
nss% :'ss aH
SO sS7ci rennsvivania Rye steady Al bss
.:S rr.: to steam. .as'i %:''f:s 81
as7 o. s1Is%sas, saoalasr; ana 1% RS .. si s's
Sa' Butter ". . srm %..s1s r.d1.s creamery
k.ss:s gis.cos.s-k,s esrs i oriinsr1 e i.lr
hsssss ss .,..a1 p =, xs;
a. III:
600 81 s Sss soo wn:ss
ass q s.tSs F.:.sS. Sh:s: Fancy = = %
sSs'ia ssss y Sssa: ''ss' acre .a '
2oc Extra wsst.ru cresnsr- 30 Sc. Chess. armNs.
E9fs ~
Sa. S ss a.st' Zero '00
with sS,a sa.s h @
s.. asrs Esrsa.rs rse,ss osrgG .; sa:s w'.'s;
firm No 2 12c No. 2 Fellow in store 4sc ost:
%s,: Sec of sa sa Ss'
Flour dn nnssttled fesd nrm and UNCHANGED
Winter Bran 81. o. Spring 81 ,;st: ss,st
Ss
sssd $4,000
sa:S Corn {lsOOo SasR
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-14

FLOUR AND NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. low grades are
BsI q
s': a"s'ys:s sS
s.s c &C. %? ss' sr';Ess. SG'
&c. sSs %s''s ''! - S'I;s. &: n;
so: s So the . .s r sg',''s ss. Tor
49, E; s'ss! 's'i5::s
gao k,,rs Ohio s ltss. o. e:sa 4 &
s.e'y = isss' g sSs fs,
10 S.;. s. o S:. g s co. s2s
i Tor .oUTnETS g .Ssm and nd qus s. SO
ss i ,ssss s Il IS f%s 30
moderate DEMAND sa. ss sS su.cras. 90
conN AEALsteady yellow Western quoted ga 2. 81 30
West spot fully oil 60 Winter And "a
We HSr s%ss S on sna
sosSs nss atm 'fsf Of
, s 70
Chicago spot 5000 s 10 ar ~ .Sr.
asr raS RED 3D. I 50 aiIss
se2 ~ f ko jay s.
sSsste closing az sS' DO ssp.:mosS s. 81 =.
90 Ssys%S.f sSss7 81 ds p.,s sssc
ssss's sS.os do rsSsIy " Sa. 30
eo.ns At s2c AOrL closing az sc; do Nav 81
LEY and BAR LEY MALI-Dul and nominal. .-... CORN =
spot op,ue, tut the anal rates show
slight gam. closing firmly Exporters took so0Oo onshes
and this trade demand moderate The speculation
was very tame In ali months Prices declined about % at
the opening anerwari gthene and advanced 40
leaving OF however. with less hrnpess saestlooov9
bushels 1852 900 bushels spot including ungIaded
MiIs Az 145hc.. No 4Sc. IN elevator 4AtdAo &C
canal aaoat and railroad delivered No Mixed July nom
nall August 4ts ease. closing at 4oc, do September
&C s046yo closing at <6 &C. do October 4osotItc CLOS
ing ~ &c OATS The general market was eatorees
and the Of no
July the Is sr higher whle later months are with
l20. 600 bushels spot including No al s4Le do White
3s.c, No 2. 35c.: No White 3Ss 63yc.; NO. White
4Oc Mixed Western So S37c; Whit. do. 39dt3c. White
State. 80 &c. No. White July 3s'63sc: o. Mixed IN
H. 33c closing at 33'c do August 81 T13l sc closing
81 a September 81 5.61Sl We, closing at 81 tc--
FEED-Flrmer. but unchanged In prices
walkers PrlvAts Daily Circular July H. 1887 New York;
Comparative Wheat stocks at Atlantic ports at dates
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-14
THE TRADE IN CHICAGO.

CHICAGO July IL (speetoThe interest to-day centred
In short ribs From the start the trading accompanied
by than ordinary rreguary and considerable excite
The opening sales made at prices cents
over closing 81 o2 for August and So 10
September and before serious reaction occurred the
months named sold up 30632 The outside figure
paid August ribs 50 S2 and for September
60 Al - offerings ana the market eased
on fully cents though the final closngs showed
tual Of l26l5 cents Shorts outsiders and general
free while the previous days OF
the week. begun the principal sellers
were credited with the holders
long property After short ribs lard OF course
attracted greatest attention though pork broke through
Its continued apathy and sold July SCI for year
ell 60asl2 and January at Sl26si2 u.s. Year pork
closed AZ Sill So Lard ranged 1880 cents higher thai
yesterday, but Weakened the adjournment approached
of only cents Short ribs simply
articles traded and by their
absorbed all the interest shown Cash properly
demand and for the tnree days OF the
k7I pounds lard and BOZ pounds Of meat Wheat
q small and values settled sti further
large coasumptive channels of wheat
now proving " the influence
Of prospective abundance August CLOSED ght on the
buying Of Phillips. advancing ba's cents September
stsck win be down To 90 bushels by Monday
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-14
AUCTION sALEsor vooLrv Lovppv

foxpor Juy III AT wool sales to-day the composition
especially crosbreds anu mernos
Poor cured irregular anu prices
were In BUYERS here have been eataog ue 10 date
noudng 1000 bales which VIII De offered TO-
yhirh will carried A nlte
half the ausntiIy looeo bales
Omitted states The series OF safes wiz ooso
row but $3.50 ba es Of low foreign VIII DO ouered
Foil are day . sales In detail;
NrvZ,aiand-saIes 1000 bales; secured 81 Sls 7iad:
do locks aud pieces 7sd els Oh; greasy ShlSli Ta'
New south wales raics. 200 bales secured is Ga
Cd; locks and pieces, I'd 0la sd; greasy oSu-
d Id. do. locks and plecss, ~ SDi -, y,
QneensandSales 81 bales secured "a 80 greasy a.
locks and peces 3D. siA I'D greasy. 7sd @s d. LOCKS
seath Australia-saes 800 baesi secured I'D ola od
do locke pieces Id alldi greasy 3D. DO locks ana
pieces 3iyi "a,
cape Of Good Hope and Natat-Saes lZoo pscs scouon'
ld la I'd: do ami pieccs lid; greasy ND eiod
spupah-Saes. 80 bales greasy. 3D.
pssasona sales bales ereasy. 7dolods do LOCKS
nd uIac~